Name:
Aria Lee
Gender:
Female
Age:
17
Hero Alias:
Eris
Civilian Wear:
She quite enjoys shopping in her free time, so she has a fair amount of clothing, many of which she no longer wears because its no longer the style she prefers. Currently, she is a fan of soft pastels, particularly pinks and blues. She tends to run colder than most people so she often wears large sweaters and leggings. Overall, she prefers to dress for comfort.
Hero Costume:
Her costume focuses more on function over form. Black, lightly armoured but flexible enough that she can easily run and jump. The fit is very androgenous.
She wears a dark, featureless helmet which filters and dulls outer sound for her. It also blocks anything she says, although there is a speaker she can turn on if she'd like to do so. The visor contains a helpful electronic display which warns her when people are behind her. It is modular so that she can lift up the visor, which is enough to speak and hear normally. She likes the head protection so she tries to keep it on.
Method of entry:
A child of a small-time criminal whose powers had terrible consequences, Aria had been checked on over the years by the hero who had been a part of that case so many years ago: Recoil, a hero with the ability to redirect energy attacks away from herself. Admittedly, Recoil might have gotten a bit attached to her and offered to help her refine her powers. This eventually lead to Aria becoming Recoil's sidekick. When the Junior Division was created, Recoil was quite eager for Aria to be a part of it so that she might have a chance to prove herself.
Powers & Abilities:
Sound manipulation – the ability to manipulate sound; that is, waves caused by vibrating objects. There are several aspects of this which she prefers to use.
Sound nullification – nullification of sound waves. Useful for stealth purposes.
Echolocation – tracking her surroundings via soundwaves. As a result, she can usually see through illusions since they don't deflect soundwaves.
Soundwave detection — She can track soundwaves, which can subsequently be traced back to the origin of the sound. Can be used to track objects.
Frequency manipulation – manipulation of the frequency of soundwaves. She often uses very high frequencies for sonar purposes. Other frequencies could be used for offensive purposes such as disorienting enemies. Different frequencies can also cause internal injuries! But she tries to avoid that.
Sound amplification – amplification of sound waves. Often used for offensive purposes. It can have very destructive properties, although she tries to avoid that. Typically she uses it to disorient people.
Directed sound waves – She can direct sound waves. Useful for minimizing property damage and injury. Also useful if she wants to direct a message to one specific person or a small group.
Weaknesses:
- For better or worse, she has rather good hearing. It means that she can do things such as echolocation, but it also means she often dedicates some of her attention to blocking out external sounds. She does so with very little effort when it comes to sounds she generates or otherwise expects, but you could catch her unaware.
- You can potentially disrupt the medium that the sound is going through.
- She usually hesitates when on the offence.
Equipment:
Her costume contains useful items, such as some simple, low effort noisemakers like bells and a tuning fork. Helpful to an extent if she's tired. She also carries a small amount of medical supplies.
To make up for her hesitance when using her powers for offence, Aria also carries a combat knife. In short range fights it is particularly important that she have something to use when she's nervous about her powers. In long range she usually gets over it before it causes any issues, mostly because she feels she would have time to change whatever she does to be less damaging. She's been debating the inclusion of a long range weapon, perhaps a projectile that can benefit from her abilities, but her abilities are already decent for a fairly long range, so it's something she's still debating.
Skills:
Knowledge — Aria does a lot of research on soundwaves in her spare time! In particular, she's read up a lot on resonant frequencies in order to avoid causing unnecessary injury and destruction. She is also trying to develop new applications for her powers through studying. Besides wave physics, she also knows a great deal about biology and anatomy, since, as Recoil says, if the wave is too strong then at least she can aim for somewhere nonlethal!
Quick reflexes — Likely due to her sensitive hearing and ability to detect soundwaves, Aria has better reflexes than the average person.
Quick — Combined with her small frame, it makes her an irritating target.
Personality:
Aria is a very soft-spoken person, with a mild temper and seemingly boundless patience. Getting her to be angry seems like an impossible endeavour at times. When she does feel more negative emotions, she tends to separate herself from people. She's working on expressing herself in a healthy manner though.
In some ways, she is incredibly optimistic. Aria tries her best to see the good in those around her. She is always willing to reach out to people that others might avoid or look down on. At the same time however, Aria does not have a very high opinion of herself, which is quite evident if you manage to get her to talk about herself at all.
Despite her views on her own abilities, Aria is a very determined individual. When she puts her mind on something, she will continue to work on it until she manages to accomplish it, although every failure is just another black mark in her mind which her eventual success cannot make up for. But she knows that Recoil will be very proud when she tells her!
On the flip side, she feels that her determination may also have resulted in a bit of an addictive personality. She tends to get very absorbed in the things she is interested in, which often results in a great deal of money spent on things she will no longer touch when she's bored of it. She's very mindful of others though, so she can generally control herself by thinking of what a nuisance she might be to those around her.
History:
Lina Lee was a petty thief. Her masterful use of her sound manipulation abilities allowed her to slip in and out of her targeted locations with ease, hiding her presence by nullifying the sounds she made and disorienting anyone she came upon with low frequency sounds. One day, however, something went wrong.
Perhaps she was in over her head. Perhaps she was just having an off day. Whatever it was, what should have been a routine theft for her ended up in the death of several shop employees and customers whose innards were, as described by the Legion hero Recoil, essentially soup in human-shaped cans.
Recoil was sent to track Lina down, her ability to redirect waves of energy being considered a strong defense against the criminal. However, it didn't seem as though this was necessary at all. When Recoil went to Lina's home, all that was there was a dead body, a crying 7 year old, and a note asking that someone please make sure Aria did not lose control as Lina did.
At least, that's what Aria was told, years down the line. She can't remember the events of that day very well, and in her memories, her mother was not a criminal, but rather a sweet woman with a brilliant smile and the warmest hugs. To everyone else, however, her mother was a murderer.
Recoil had apparently wanted to take her in. Circumstances, however, did not allow it. Aria was instead placed in a group home for troubled youth.
Though Aria's name was not released to the public, it didn't take a genius to draw their conclusions about her relation to Lina. Even those who did not realize it had reservations about those with sound-based powers after what had happened. As a result, Aria was ostracized by those around her. She herself struggles with her powers and its potential destructive power, and she spent much of her childhood trying to make as little noise as possible.
She was 9 when she saw Recoil again. It had recently rained, and the sidewalk was littered with worms. She'd taken it upon herself to transfer the worms back to the dirt so that they wouldn't dry out. She was lagging behind the rest of the kids as a result, which would likely have consequences, as they were always told to return home promptly after school, but she thought that being sent to her room would be preferable to having to spend time with everyone, anyway.
As she dropped a worm onto someone's freshly manicured lawn, someone crouched next to her. "Make sure to wash your hands when you get home, kiddo."
She had looked up at the words and startled, nearly falling into a puddle. Before her crouched Recoil, in her classic, flashy red costume. A hero of the Legion and the one who had found the body of Aria's mother. She looked so out of place, crouching on the cracked sidewalk of Aria's suburban street.
She was faced with a dilemma at that moment however, between greeting the hero like a normal human being or staying silent so that to avoid destroying anything. Like a house. Or Recoil's eardrums.
Recoil seemed to realize her dilemma after a few moments of her opening and closing her mouth like a sad fish. "You worried about your powers?"
She cracked a smile at Aria's fervent nod. "You know, I happen to know a great way to train your powers. If you wanted to, I could help ya out with that."
And with a bit more nodding, the two of them were off to the group home. Aria didn't even get in trouble for being late, as apparently bringing home a hero excused her from being late. With that, plans were made to train Aria.
And so it went. Aria's abilities developed rapidly under the guidance of the hero. When she was 14, Recoil asked if she would like to be her sidekick, which she accepted, although she did not seem incredibly enthusiastic. A few years later, she approached the prospect of being in the junior division with the same level of apprehension. But she'll do her best!
Other Information:
- She plays several instruments. She's quite good at learning instruments, possibly attributed to her powers. She was in the string orchestra, band, symphony orchestra, and the jazz band at her school. However, she's a bit concerned that she might be subconsciously adjusting the pitches with her powers.
- Her hobby is online shopping. She was somewhat of a recluse in her preteen to early teen years so she developed a habit of scrolling through shopping sites in her free time. She likes buying gifts for people.
- She is a horrible cook. This is fine for her because she also will eat anything. Waste not want not and all that.
- She unexpectedly really enjoys heavy metal.
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